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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by overstay8930 on Thursday March 21, 2024 @11:23AM (#39779682)
Because unlike the Microsoft case, you have the option to buy a smartphone from a company other than Apple. 1990s Microsoft was quite literally a monopoly, nothing like what is going on today.

Apple is not stopping their competitors from making good phones, just like how Apple is not stopping you from buying a phone that wasn't made by Apple. Microsoft was doing both of those things, Apple isn't. The cases aren't even close really.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by asadotzler on Thursday March 21, 2024 @02:49PM (#39782771)
Phone sales are hardly the issue here. iOS policies are the issue.

And you could absolutely buy alternatives to Microsoft Windows in the 90s, from Apple or IBM or others. But that's immaterial. The availability of an alternative says nothing about the market power Apple has or how it's wielding that power. This is why we have anti-trust cases, to determine if that power is being abused.

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